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WHO J < ||||^^ CHAPTER Xlll—Continued. It was hard, very hard; but Silence was neither hurt nor offended. “Faithful in one thing, faithful in all,” she murmured. Clasping ls>th her hands around his arm. she crept still closer to his heart: all the truer and dearer because even its love for herself had failed to deaden any other lawful tenderness. “Forgive me, my wife. You must not think that ” “I only think of you and of your pain.” “It must be conquered, and shall by and by.” “Or else the tide may turn; who knows ?” “No; I have little hope of that. My mother has strong prejudices. In one sense she is. as they called her, a thor nigh Scotch woman, a warm friend, a bitter enemy. No, no, do not give me hope of things changing. Better let us submit to the inevitable. It is inevitable now." They walked a little way in sad silence, then Roderick broke out again. “Did you hear what they said about Bella's husband? Poor Bella! I knew it would come to that; I told her so, but she would not believe me. She was dazzled, blinded, overpersuaded. Girls often are, 1 suppose. Perhaps 1 ought to have spoken out more thoroughly; but I hated speaking—they never would understand me. And then they worried me so. Still I should have done my duty to them, whether or no. I have not liked to vex you, my darling; but sometimes I have vexed myself for days together with the doubt if I had really done my duty to them all. I cannot forget them. My dearest —my very dearest always—you would not wish me to forget them?” “No.” “Thank you!” And then, with another half sob, he recovered himself. “Now we understand one another quite, so let us put it all aside. What is done we can not undo; we would not if we could. Blood is thicker than water—especially with us Scotch —but love is beyond all and stronger than all.” “When it is a righteous love. Ours would not have been such if it had made ] us do wrong. We did not do wrong. We had a right to marry if we chose. It rnade us happy and harmed no human being.” Firm and fearless, holding the balance •even, and as just to herself as she would have been to any other woman. Silence spoke out. Iler voice soothed and strengthened him as if it had been the voice of his own conscience. “You are right, as I think you always .are. After allfif it comes to the point, a man must ‘leave his father and mother and cling unto his wife,' and she will cleave to Jiiin —even though he may try her a little. Dol? Man-like, he might have wished this fact denied; but Silence was too honest. “Yes, dear.” and just then, as they came out of the dark wood into the moonlight, her pale face seemed to gain a sort of Abdiel-like look, angelic sternness mingled with its sweetness. “Yes, dear, you do try me very much sometimes, as no doubt Ido you—as all married people must, more or less, try one another; but I love you —I love you!” “Do you? I often wonder why,’ Roderick answered, with that almost childlike humility and doubt of himself which was so pathetic, so winning. “I love because I honor, and therefore I am afraid of nothing; because nothing could make, me cease, to love, except ceasing to honor. Me, myself, you might forsake, wound, torture, ami if it were for conscience's sake, 1 should accept it all. But if I ever came to despise you—as some women have to despise their husbands —pity might last, and duty, but love would go dead out, and no power on earth would light it up again. But now—but now ” . . She turned to him. her eyes shining with perfect Jrust—the very heart of love, love rooted in righteousness. He turned, too, and clasped her in his arms, with a passion such as even his lover days had never felt. Then it was the restless craving after uncertain bliss. Now it was. the deep content of satisfied union, each finding in the other more and more every day a perpetual refuge and rest. “My mother told me I would soon get over my love for you—and marry some other woman, who would do just as well. If it had been, and I had lost you, and had to live all my life without you! But now —oh, Silence! what in the world should 1 do without you now?” Without answering, she looked up at him, a sudden, strangely earnest look. Roderick, who had begun with a laugh, as if anxious to get back into the light commonplace of life once more, put his arm round her. “Are you tired? Let me help you. I think I could almost carry you. Lean on me, darling.” “Yes. I always do.” And so, half led, half carried—for she was evidently very weary—they came to their own door. “What a pleasant door it seems!” Roderick said, as they watched the long gleam from the parlor window across the dark lawn. “I enjoyed Symington. I like luxuries, as I like all pleasant things, but I can do without them. Now, there are certain things I could not do without.” “What are they?” “A peaceful, sunshiny, orderly home, and a wife to love me.” She laughed merrily. “Yes, it is a dear home, if we could only get into it.” ^-For they had found the door fastened —a rare fact-—and had been ringing and ringing, till at last Janet appeared, scared and flurried. “Have you been asleep, Janet? Nothing wrong? No ghosts frightened you?” said Roderick, kindly. “Na, na, but the leddy, she bode me eteek the door.” “What lady?” “She camo in a carriage, and said she was come to bide here. She’s been wait-

ing in the parlor these two hours.” Roderick went hastily in, his wife following. There, still bonneted and shawled, dressed richly in velvet and fur, but with a face so haggard that it was no wonder even her brother did not at first recognize her—sat the “leddy.” “Bella!” “Yes, it’s me! You didn't know, I suppose?” “Dear Bella! so glad to seo you.” And he went over and kissed her affectionately. But Bella made no response. “Stop a minute," she said, in a hard, dry tone. “Don’t be too glad to sec me. Ask your wife first. I’m not respected. I’ve run away from my husband.” Roderick started. “Not with a man—oh, no, thank you! I’ve had enough of men" —with the ghost of her old laugh—“only with a baby.” She opened her fur cloak and discovered the white long clotlies of a tiny - such a very tiny—infant, with such an old, with ered, ugly little face. Nevertheless, Silenee sprung to it and took it in her arms. “Oh, you're quite welcome, if you want it. I don't, though it's my own," said Mrs. Thomson, with another laugh. “A month old, when it was born, I hated the very sight of it, it was so like its father. Now- well, I endure it, that's all! Isn't it a miserable scrap of a thing?" It certainly was; but in an instant Silence, throwing off her wraps, had sat down to warm its skinny, stone-cold legs by the fire, with n look on her face that even her husband had never seen before. “She seems born to boa mother, which I’m sure I never was; I always hated children. They look exactly like young frogs or toads. No doubt this will turn out a toad, and spit in my face like—only it's a feminine, not a masculine, article, thank goodness! It can never grow up a man like him.” “Do you mead your husband?” said Roderick, gravely. "To be sure. The man I was fool enough to marry. Why didn't my mother prevent me, as she tried to prevent your marriage? But mine was all right or she thought so —as she thinks still. I've got n handsome house, horses and carriages, butler, three footmen and a page. Didn't I dodge them all cleverly? Crept out in the dark of the afternoon ami took a tram -me, Mrs. Alexander Thomson a common street tram—to the railway. What would Mr. Thomson have said? Ha! ha! ha! I wish he knew it, if only just to vex him!" Roderick sat down by his sister, grieved and sad. She was in such an excited state that he did not attempt a single question, but she went on rapidly talking. “What a hunt there'll bo. Not that he cares for me, not two straws, but it isn’t respectable to have one's wife running i away. And they will think 1 have gone mad ami killed the baby Im knew I hated it. But I am not mad. I am quite in my sober Benses, Rody is that a noise? I told the girl to bolt the front door, somebody might come after me, though I don't think it. Ami they never would imagine I had come here to you.” “No.” said Roderick, with involuntary bitterness. “Nevertheless, 1 being still your brother, and you having chosen to take refuge with me, you are safe. Be satisfied.” He laid hh hand on her shoulder sho was shaking from head to foot; then untying her bonnet and cloak, he made her lean back in the arm chair. Tears started to Bella’s eyes “Thank you; you were always kind to me, Rody, and you have got used to woman’s ways. I see. But don't lie uneasy, I shall not faint I never do. I’m tough, like mamma. or 1 should have been killed long ago. He was such a brute —you've no idea That is, when he was drunk. Sober, he is—well, only a fool! I must have been blind —many silly girls are" passing her hand wearily over her eyes “but, oh. Rody. fancy to wake up after a week oi two and find yourself tied for life to a drunkard and a fool! A brute, too, as 1 say. Roderick” —clutching him by the arm—“you, a man with a wife of your own. and —yes, I know! would you be lieve that the very day before that iw little wretch was born, he he struck me?” Roderick sprang to his feet. “Don't get furious, you can do nothing, nobody can. It's only the drink. He’s decent enough, just a fool at most, til! he drinks, then he's a devil; and I hate him as I hate the devil. It's right." “Right or wrong, you must keep quiet,” said the brother, himself making a violent effort at quietness and self-control. “My wife"—the instinctive appeal which hail become habitual now—“my wife, come here.” Silence came, with the small bundle, so piteously still, as if only half alive, in her arms. She had been going in and out of the room with it while they talked. “Your bed is quite ready. Come, sister.” Bella, occupied with herself and her brother, had apparently forgotten her brother's wife. When Silence stood before her—the young mistress of the house, the woman with the womanly heart, which that forlorn babe sei med already to have found out, for it was fast asleep on her warm breast this other woman, the miserable tine lady, the mother with the unmotherly soul, was struck with a mingled feeling, half surprise, half compunction. “Yes, of course we are sisters. But I thought you would hate me—hate us all. It was Roderick I ran away to. I never thought of you.” “That was natural. But now, all that arc his are mine—as is also quite natural. Come.” Bella grasped the offered hand and rose, saying, with a feeble laugh, “Rody, your i wife must be an exceedingly good wom- . an,” > “( ela va sans dire, I hope,” said he, trying to laugh as he hurried them away ; up-stairs, and sat down over the tire, thankful to bo alone. Most men dislike scenes, he more than , most. The sight of his sister, the sound of her familiar voice, even down to the old t boyish pet-name, which belonged exclu- ’ sivelj to those early days—his wife had i never used it—affected him deeply. Then, too, he was a man, with all a 1 man’s feeling about marital rights and duties. To find himself sheltering a runaway wife, though even his own sister, ’ was very distasteful. Still every brotherly and manly emotion blazed up into j righteous indignation at thought of Bella's wrongs. “To strike her—actually strike her! ' Poor, poor girl! If I had been at hand—if - she had had a brother to stand up for

her!” And again his tender conscience smote him, ns if he had not done half enough, as if his passive acceptance of | fate had been of itself an error. Should | he resist now? Seeing that his sister ■ had come to him for refuge, should he not hide her—that was impossible, nor, had it been possible, would lie have stooped to any concealment—but openly protect her against her husband, her mother, and all the world? His head dropped in his hands to “think it over." But he had grown unused to solitary thinking now. Wearily he looked round for the second self, always beside him, ready at least with the sympathy which is often almost as good as counsel, sometimes even better still. But it was almost an hour, quite the middle of the night, before Silence came in. She looked very pale and tired; but there was a deep joy in her face. With her light curls dropping over her white dressing-gown, she stood beside him, a vision of peace. "Dear, you put me in mind of one of Fra Angelico’s nngels.” "But I have been doing no angel’s work. 1 have been washing baby. She looked so sweet, though she is so very, very small. I hen 1 put her to bed beside her mother, who said she ‘felt quite safe and comfortable.’ ” "Poor Bella! And you -I fear you are terribly worn out, my darling." "Oh, no; I like looking after people. And you—you are glad to have one of your ‘ain folk' under your roof? Is it not strange, after our talk to night ?" "Very strange. And.” with a kind of sad apology, “you will be good to her? You don’t dislike her?” “Dislike her?” “No; there are likeable points about her, poor girl! And she has suffered so much! I What shall we do with her? I have been wearying myself with thinking, (’an she j stay here?" "< >f course she can. We have contrived ' admirably; 1 rather like coni riving. She brought no clothes for herself, but she I does not forget her baby. She had t great bundle of all things needful. I do not believe she cares for it after all. She laughed, actually laughed, when she saw it so happy in its hath, which was our wash tub. Only think! neither she nor 1 have ever washed a baby before; we were quite afraid; but Janet, who has had little brothers ami sisters six, I think came to the rescue and helped ns. Poor Janet, she was so proud!" The simple, wholesome, domestic details comedy neutralizing tragedy Roderick laughed at them, and felt more comforted than he could tel). Then, turning to his wife, he pressed his lips on the small right hand, so soft, yet so busy and so strong. “Coals of tire -coals of tir«," he uiur mured, much moved. Silence did not at first understand the allusion, then she said, "Yes, coals which melt ami purify all sterling ore; that was how my father always explained the text. And who knows? she may l>c softemsl y et." “My mother?" "I have been hearing all about her. howgood she is. how generous and warm- ' hearted. And she was always so proud of you. She thought you ought to marry a countess, nt least, ami you married only me! It really was a little hard for her." Roderick drew his wife down u|»»n his knee a "Fra Angelico.’’ but n mortal wutlun still and buried her head on his shoulder. He did Hot speak, or noth ng . that she could hear, but she felt his tears The said "coals of fire,” when duly heaped up. warm others besides those • they are meant to melt. Seldom had there been a brighter breakfast table than that in the little parlor at Blackball; even though Bella kept it a long time waiting "which must never happen again," said the young master to the mis tress. But for once both forgave, ami when Mrs. Alexander Thomson sailed in, her splendid clothes contrasting strangely with her piteously white fa- e, knelt with her brother and his wife around 'he family hearth, and then took her seat at the simple family table, al) the misery out side, the dreary prist, the doubtful future, could not take away a certain sense of pence. But the simple breakfast i f porridge and ten. bread, butter and eggs, which always satisfied Roderick, had. to c..n fess the truth, its ditlieulties with the guest. Despite In r comics ending smile, it was evidently not exactly what Mrs. Alexander Thomson was used to. and she felt that she was condescending. Also, after the first warm pleasure of meeting. ; both brother and sister became conscious of that curious sense of strangeness w hich, notwithstanding the closest tie of blood, rises up after awhile between those w hose lives have drifted wide apart, never to be united more. So much so. that by and by conversation (lagging, it was quite a relief to hear a feeble wail overhead. (To be continued.) Buried Loaf Twenty-five Years Old Twenty-five years ago Timothy Mon- ! ahan. of Bath. Steuben County, purchased a farm near Portage Bridge. He has lived on the farm ever since. On part of the property was a piece of heavy timber, which Monohan cleared off twenty years ago. In a field w here . this timber stood Monahan was digging a ditch a few’ days ago. To do this he ’ had to dig through a deposit of gravel four feet. deep. At that depth he un- \ covered what he at first thought w as a big stone nearly’ round, but on striking : it with his pick to loosen it he was sur- ’ prised to see the pick pass clear through it without meeting any resistance, i Monahan then picked up the supposed stone and his amazement was great to find it to be a loaf of bread. The loaf was in perfect condition, even to the J crisp, brown crust. It was as soft, ; light and moist inside as if it had just > come from the oven. The loaf broke in two as he was removing it from its ‘ bed in the gravel. He fed half of it to j his dog, who ate It greedily. The other half of the loaf Monahan carried to his ' house, where it is now, a wonder to the neighborhood. Monahan declares that ' the ground where the loaf was found had never been broken during his quarter of a century on the place.—Buffalo Times. Dr. Westbrook Farrer, of Biddeford, Me., is said to be a physician in active practice, though 98 yeans old, and, still more remarkable, to be in the habit oS visiting his patients regularly on a bFcycle. He attributes his exceptional vigor at the advanced age to the use of wintergreen tea, of which he is said to be an ardent advocate.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflections of an Elevating CharacterWholesome Food for Thought-Study, lug the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Prolltably. I.esHon for Feb. 10. ' ° n not the will of your L thpr "’•uch is in heaven, that one of IS-^M iU ‘ ° Ue “ Kh, ’ uitl Parish.”—Matt tliis^v^i""^ th ° eh:i,lrcn is ,h « subject r ‘ >k ’ 1S: 1 this lesson there stands a little child in the midst, it is a wholesome object lesson for the , n ’ ls / lan worker Let the impression that is made by the servant of the Lord be always that of a little child in the midst. After all we are very much Influencod by the atmosphere or temper. After the words have passed, after the thought nnd its utterances are gone, the spirit of the word and its declaration is left behind. The impression node, silent and mysterious, is the effective resultant of it all. We were speaking to a sagkeious business man the other day abolt n notable pnlpit orator, ‘Yes, elohe said, “but somehow ho makes meWhijß’nry nnd cautions, as though I dar’d not trust him, n strange pervading sense of insincerity." Just or unjust, that impression discounted all the good things said. Be careful alsmt the spiritual atmosphere; that is. about the heart. “B ho is the greatest?” It is not the language of Canaan. The disciple has not yet learned the vocabulary or the thought of the kingdom. "Whosoever shall humble- the seme is greatest.” Lowest -highest. 'I ho won! humble, literally means to bend low. It does not mean lack of spirit, or absence of force and fire. Strength itself is G I like. It means the surrender of our strength to : a higher power, and the merging of our strength, or rather, the finding of our strength in his. To give all to God is to love nil of God. “Whosoever shall rocelve one such little child in my name receivcth me." And are they so near to him na Hint? Rather arc wo so near? Evidently Christ can s for the little ones, the little, help], u, nnthtnking ones. Why. to enre. in his name, for thim is to care for him! Without doubt tsoe Mark 9: 36) this was but a bnl»c, nn ifim> -ent, trusting । babe. They are nil Christ’s, through the shedding of hi* procinns blood, and to bo good to them for Ids *ake is to bo good to him. Some one said. ‘AVhencrer von lay your hand on a child’s bond yon nre laying it on its mother’s heart." And on Christ's, too. And now he turns tn sp^nk >f onn of these Httic ones, growing up into childlike trust In Idm. To “<»ffeml" .meh nr cause *nch to stumble nnd fnll aw ty from their simple child-like confidence is the w’nrst of sins. Indeed, there is nothing smlder than tn see the nrth -« trust of childhood yielding m tguile and deceit of earth and its false cminse! Whatever entucs between us and the simple faith i of . hildhood, l>e Jt hand or foot or eye. might well be plucked away, rather than that we should low the sweetness of such onrlAovr and confidesc*. j AijX yet, petnrmber jt b the List thnt are A, I w nn! And » .p- aking of till little m < s. «'!.;• *t say s at once, | “TbeJK n of Man is c >mo to save that which was lost." It is not child sweetness thnt saves, tmr adult caraeitms*. It is the blood of Christ. For (lint he came Into the world; for thnt he is •'till nbmnd In the world; like ng> <1 shepherd, seeking to save, not mllhig thnt any should perish, (iive all to him: give t 'mrsei f. Hinlennl IHtiMtrations. Do what J< us Jo- * in thi* ri; • -re, set a little child in the mid*’. Study that tetii|M'ra:m*nt am! disp item wh h is most iumlticiie to religious isnpri <;,m, gentknK*ss, humbleness, sincerity, simpleness. these are the stronger! attributes for neil doing. Os God himself it i . *:c 1, "Thy gentleness hath made me great." To be strong nnd yet gentle, tn be great nnd gwd. these are the I’ualities of the highest helpfulm ss. 1!.- trm ' • the central thought and motive of the kingdom — simple kindness and well-doing. The Sunday st h<»«d teacher requires thi* spirit. A little child in their midst m< a:K much iof patient meekness when things go wrong, and it is the little child in their midst, apparent to pupils ami all. in the teacher's demeanor, that wins at Inst, when all other things fail. It is certainly the spirit for the scholar. To be a dis< iple or a learner one must first become as a little child. It is the/<tiident spirit, preeminently so. And somehow this docile, child-like disposition accomplishes results beyond all expectation. It is as a child thnt one enters the doorway of the kingdom. "Except ye be converted nnd become as little hildren." They asked the little one what made hitn think that the great God would care for such a little thing as she. "He says he will, and that’s enough," was the reply. Take him at his word, trust him for his grace.* Her< ; s the way into the gates. W“Be gentle, it is better far TTo rule by love than fear.” NeJ lesson —“The Good Samaritan.” Luk -TlL): 25-37. Finsanil Thistles. Nothing but constant trust in God can give us perfect rest. The devil is generally close by when the preacher trades horses. It is not the last drink that makes the drunkard, but the first. The important thing is not how long we are going to live, but how. When you go to church to pray for a > revival, don’t do it on a back seat. The devil's principal work is to make . wrong people think they are right Gol never sends danger to any man to whom he has not first given courage. When you want a fresh blessing, get on your knees and thank God for the last one. The devil is willing to .stand by the preacher when he can take a hand in the music. If some people couldn’t find anything to hide behind, they would be always an the run. An infidel is a man who builds a house without windows, and then blames God because he has to live in the "lark.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. I he roll call in the House,Monday,showed sixty-one members present—six short of a quorum. Representative Merritt said that news had come to members of the House of the death of J. I). Thayer of Warsaw, a meinber of the Senate, and he asked permission to introduce the following resolution, which was adopted by a rising vote: hercas, Death has removed from our midst one of the distinguished members of the. General Assembly in the person of the Hon. J. I), Thayer, a member of the Senate, who departed this life at his home at 0 o'clock this morning; be it Resolved, That a committee of five members of the House be appointed by the Speaker to prepare suitable resolutions respecting the death of Hon. J. 1). Thayer, and report the same to this House, and that the same be made a special order for next Monday at 2 o’clock. As a further mark of respect Representative Merritt moved that the House adjourn, and the motion was adopted. The Senate convened, but out of respect of Senator Thayer, adjourned until morning. A concurrent resolution was adopted in the House Tuesday, for the appointment of a special committee to investigate the offices of the Attorney General and the State Treasurer. The democrats endeavored to amend it so as to carry the inquiry back io the republican officials, but the majority voted it down. I nder the resolution ttie committee is empowered to employ two expert accountants and to go through all the books and papers of the two offices for four years back and administer oathsand compel answers to questions regarding all matters in connection with such offices. The investigation is to be completed and reports made to the two house not later than Feb. 15. The most important bills that found their way into the senate related to labor and were introdued as distinctive labor measures The first lull is aimed at the relief fund s\stem of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore ; and Ohio Kailroad systems, ami at the I hos|Mtal s} stem which is to lie established by tiie Big Four. I’he bill provides that it | shall be unlawful for any person, firm or CGrporalion doing business in this state to : hold back any part of the wages of employes undet pretense of investing the same or of • establishing any fund for the i lief or 1 maintenance of such employes; or under pi-tense of assisting, ndievingor maintainHiig such employes when sick or disabled. I that all such withholding and diverting of the wages of employes shall lie adjudged by the courts as unlawful nnd contrary to public policy, and all violations of the statute shall Ih> punished by a tine not to ' xrei I *i am! imprisonment in the ; country ;Ml n-t to exceed six mounths, or ! Im ’li, m the discretion of the court. Thi 'ecomt m< asitre relate* io blacklisting : ami provide* that when an employe is diseha:gi*l by an employer the latter, upon demand, -hall give him a written statement ! - .ow mg fur what charge he was discharge. If tin* is n fu» d and the employer after atii n.pm to mt. r: ie with the employe getting work elsewhere he shall be lined not j I'xcceihlig Tni Senate dev ob d nearly all of Wednesi day to l ousincration of Senator Haggard’s j bill appropriating SWO.tMN for the erection iof a Soldier*’ Home at Lafayette. The bill ; wit* arwndvd in several unimportant part culars. and was or<ii r«*i to engrossment, i The follow ing bills were pawned: Raising the snlnrv ot the Criminal Judge of Marion ' C anti to permitting a homestead ixi mplmii of ^**l, and #soof personal property; exempting from taxation cemeteries i tk.it are m>t run for profit; relating to tHo • vmating o! abandoned highways. The House pa**ed the following bills: Legalizing an n-ue id Court House bonds ! Dy the Commissioners of Blackford County; i l i.aldmg trustees tn receive lands and do- : nations forth- use of churches and religi- ! mi* societies: defining fraudulent marriages ■ I pmv i Img penalties: striking out tin- so i |» r c> nt. clause in insurance policies. li. •'•■n it-. I air-day. I.died the bill to -Tike nut nf promissory notes and make illegal the ehm.se pros iding for the collection s of attorneys’ fees. \moiig the m w bills introduced was one pmv i lmg a line of from ssoto SSOO for any li- pital who refuse to give a Ixxly for diss< i tion purposes as provided by law; a bill prov iding a liie of from SSO to SSOO for any i person who sells or offers to sell adulterated milk, ch* ese. or butter. The Committee on Judiciary reported S isator Shiveley’.- !ih d bill and recomj mended its passage. It provides that a per.-on aggrieved at a n-wspaper must give i three days’ notice before tiling a suit for damages for lilnd. If suitable retraction is | made it is provided that the [daintiff may recover only for the damages actually sustained. It was a dull day in the House as will as in the s-nate. The bill providing for the office of Mate Boiler Inspector held the boards for an hour. The bill was finally : made the special order for Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. The House passed Hundley's bill proj t iding for the abolition of theoffice of Nati ural Gas Inspector, and also a bill requir- ■ ing the trimming once a year of hedges down to a height of three feet. Representative Robinson introduced a j bill in the House, Friday, that is designed j to meet the recommendation embodied in the Governor's message, to the effect that the Governor be invested with authority to deal with offenses where the local authorities are negligent or where they flatly refuse to discharge their duties. Representative Terhune introduced a bill to take from the State Geologist the appointment of .Mine Inspector and Coal-oil Inspector, and place the appointing of these officials with a Board to be composed of the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, and Attorney General. Other bills introduced are: Providing that a tirst case of intoxication shall be punished by a fine of $5, the second $25, the third SIOO and a jail sentence: alter that the offender shall be known as a common drunkard, and it shall be a finable offense to sell him liquor; making it competent for nine out of twelve jurors to render a verdict. The Senate held a half hour's session and then adjourned over until Monday. The I business transacted was limited to the introduction of bills. A Brave Man. Day—Marc Anthony was a br,:ve I man to address the mob as “friends. Romans, countrymen.” Weeks —Why so? Day Pretty skittish business calling an angry mob “countrymen.”— Exchange. A considerable number of Berlin doctors have started a “Warenhaus,” or warehouse, for the supply of general met' handise as well as medical stores.

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. What Our Neighbors are Doing—Matters of General and Local Interest—Marriages and Deaths—Accidents and Crimes—Per* sonal Pointers About Indian Etna,. Minor State News. Henby Cuppy, 81, the first Treasurer of Jay County, is dead at Laurel. Shei.byvii.ee is to have telephonejservice at $1 a month for residences and $2 a month for business houses. Gheex goods men have been victimizing Kokonrn people. Their last act was to hold up E. J. Low ry, and rob him of S6O. Chicken-pox is afflicting Mishawaka youngsters. Ax immense tin-plate factory will Ive located at Converse. Andebson has secured a barbed-wire plant and a plow factory. •Toll C. Lyn and Frank Dew broke jail at Shoals, and are still at large. Thebe are seven skunk farms within a radius of seven miles from Chesterton. The Bristol Banner says many acres will be planted in fruit in that vicinity next spring. The Jeffersonville Law and Order League has caused the saloons to remain closed on Sundays. The east-lxnuid passenger train on the Evansville and Richmond road,was ditched! near Seymour, causing a delay of about ten hours. Capt. Brandt, an eccentric character of Crothersville, took strychnine, which he mistook for pulverized alum, and died an. hour later. A church in Lafayette has appointed a committee of three nurses to take care of all babies brought there while the mothers sit in the audience and enjoy the sermon. Su< i essfue revival meetings are in progr-ss at the Greensburg Methodist churches in w hich the regular pastors have been assisted by Rev. Appleby of Indianapolis. Bi kt Anderson, who lost his job at Anderson w hen the wire works shut down, walked to his home in Jeffersonville, and his feet were so badly frozen that he is now in the hospital. J. Barney Wermes was killed by a train while walking on the Pan Handle . tracks near Logansport. His ears were protected by a muffler which prevented him from hearing the train. Stephen Coatley, living near Crawfordsville, has lost three horses from hydrophobia. His animals were bitten by a mad dog. and it also has bitten several other annuals in the same neighborhood. Rev. Niciioeas Pittinoeb of Delaware County, had his purse, containing 50 cents, stolen eighteen years ago, and last week a neighbor ct iifessed to the deed and eturned the 50 cents, with $1 50 interest. A n encounter occurred on the streets of Bloomington, the other day. between Company 11 of the State Militia and students of tiie State University . The militia boys were angry because several students paradiMl ti e streets wearing badges on which was printed: “Class ’95, Indianapolis. Indiana Vniversity.” There is bitter feeling between the towns people and the students, w ho w ant the college transferred to the capital city. An accident oceurreil at the Parker City handle factory four miles from Farmland, in which several hands nearly lost their lives. A coupling on tiie engine broke, causing it to "run oft" and tearing everything to pi> < >. Those injured are Charles Miller, Col. Mill t. John Harter, and J. Maaderbach. The damage done to the factory will be several hundred dollars, besides throwing several hands out of work for a few w eeks. Two steange men entercxl the house of John Hellenburg. residing near Todd! Postoffice, Jackson County, and w hen Mir. Hellenburg arose the burglars began firing at him, shooting him through the breast. His wife and twe sons, with acorn knife,joined in th- tight and the robbers were driven off, leaving}!he floor covered with blood. The skull of one of the sons was fractured and one of the robbers was seriously cut with the corn knife. It is not known just how seriously the wounds are. Mr. Hellenburg h id just received a check for SSOO to pay on some land. It is supposed this was known by the parties. There is no clue to the would-! e murderers. The Ministerial Association of Logansport has considered resolutions of the local lodge of Good Templars, requesting the preachers of the city to call a mass meeting to devise means of assisting the local authorities in suppressing lawlessness. The ministers decided to decline to call such a meeting and adopted a lengthy paper giving their reasons. They decline to reflect on the officials of the city, who they consider desirous of enforcing the laws. The association cannot assume civic responsibilities of any kind, but the preachers as individuals announce their w illingness to aid in any movement for Ilie public good and to use their pulpits for this purpose. The Indiana Republican Editorial Association hold interesting two days sessions at Indianapolis. Among other business transacted was the adoption of a new constitution. The radical changes are that applicants for membership hereafter must be either publishers, editors, or associate editors of a Republican newspaper in the State of Indiana, of general circulation and. acknowledged respectability. After disr cussing matters of interest to the association, the election of; officers resulted as follows: President, C. B. Landis, Journal, Delphi: First ATee President. A.C. Beeson, Journal, Winchester; Second Vice President, AV, Stivers, Herald, Liberty; Secretary, J. A. Kemp, Republican Leader. Salem: Treasurer. AV. AV. Lockwood. Republican, Peru. Executive Committee: C. B. Landis, Journal. Delphi; J. A. Kemp, leader, Salem: F. B. Hitchcock, Mail, Bedford: J. F. AVildman, Times, Muncie; F. 11. Nauer. Banner. North A’ernon. Delegates to the National Editorial Association were named as follows: AV. 11. Staley, 11. A. Strohm, J. A. Kautz, C. B. Landis, G. 11. Hamilton, alternates, A.C. Beeson, E. G. Thompson. E. J. Marsh. Edward Jeregan. J. A. Kemp, M. J. Beckett. Gkeentown is to have a new bank with $50.00') capital and Lawrence Simpson as president. Greentown has had no bank since the collapse of the Paris-Dwiggins concern in .May, IS'JJ. The latte.r paid but 20 cents on the dollar. Local business men and wealthy farmers are backing the newenterprise. Lorenzo Tout), aged 20, fell down tho shaft at the Prospect Hill coal mines near V ineennes, dropping 235 feet to the bottom, and was instantly killed. Todd was a spectator, and was not employed at the mines. He attempted to step on to the elevator, but missed his footing and fell down the open shaft